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>> CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. >> MAYOR HUDSON. PRESENT.
>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. COMMISSIONER TAYLOR.
>> HERE. >> FIRST ITEM IS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS NOT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS.
>> THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES AND YOU WILL GET A
[a. City Manager Applicant Review and Shortlist Interview Selection. ]
TEN SECOND WARNING. SEEING NO MOVEMENT WE WILL MOVE ON.>> NEXT IS CITY MANAGEMENT APPLICANT REVIEW.
>> WE WILL GET STARTED. I HAVE MET WITH STAFF. STAFF HAS A PROPOSED PROCESS AND I WILL TURN IT OVER.
>> YES MA'AM. THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT ISSUES TO GO OVER TONIGHT OR -- YES, TONIGHT. THIS EVENING. WE ARE IN THE EVENING, FIRST IS THE SELECTION OF THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW FOR THE CITY MANAGER POSITION. WHAT WE HAVE PROPOSED IS A BALLOT WHEREBY YOU WILL ESSENTIALLY LIST THE CANDIDATES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW. WE WILL THEN TALLY THOSE UP AND GIVE YOU THE ANSWERS AS TO WHO GOT HOW MANY VOTES. THE INTENT IS IF SOMEONE HAS A MAJORITY OF VOTES, MEANING THREE IT SEEMS PRETTY CLEAR THAT THE CONSENSUS IS TO INTERVIEW THAT PERSON. IF SOMEONE RECEIVES ONE OR TWO VOTES TO ESSENTIALLY BRING THAT BACK TO YOU FOR YOU ALL TO DISCUSS. , DO YOU WANT TO INTERVIEW THAT PERSON? WE SAID FROM THE BEGINNING IF SOMEONE WANTS TO INTERVIEW SOMEONE WE BELIEVE THAT OPPORTUNITY SHOULD EXIST BUT ULTIMATELY IT'S YOUR DIRECTION THAT WE WILL FOLLOW AND THE APPLICATION AND YOUR TIME TO CONSIDER. I GUESS THE FIRST THING IS THAT -- PROCESS AGREEABLE TO EVERYBODY?
>> EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? >> I'M OKAY WITH IT.
>> YEP. >> EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY. SO WE -- THE FIRST THING BEFORE WE GET TO THOSE. I WILL PASS OUT THE BALLOTS THAT I CREATED FOR YOU BEFORE YOU VOTE SO YOU HAVE THEM. AS A REMINDER YOU MUST PUT YOUR NAMES AT THE TOP. THERE'S A SPOT THAT SAYS SUBMITTED BY YOUR NAME. HAVE YOU TO FILL IN YOUR NAME. YOU WILL SEE ON THE BALLOT THAT I HAVE LISTED ALL OF THE QUALIFIED OR PULLED APPLICATIONS. WE HAD ONE THAT WAS PULLED FROM THE NOT QUALIFIED AND PROVIDED A QUESTIONNAIRE. FOR YOUR EASE ALL OF THOSE CANDIDATES ARE LISTED HERE. THE QUALIFIED APPLICATIONS WHO DID NOT SUBMIT A QUESTION ARE THEN LISTED AS WELL AS THE THOSE THAT DIDN'T MEETS THE QUALIFICATIONS SO YOU HAVE EVERYBODY'S NAME ON THAT BALLOT. I WILL START PASSING THAT DOWN WITH COMMISSIONER BRODERICK. MR. SORENSEN HAS AN UPDATE ON THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT I WILL LET HIM GET INTO AND THEN WE DO NEED TO SELECT DATES OF HOW WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED ONCE YOU ALL DECIDE HOW MANY YOU
WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW. >> OKAY. GREAT. MR. SORENSON.
>> REAL QUICKLY. YOU SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF THE UPDATED EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ON YOUR DIAS. I WANT TO GO OVER AND TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THINGS. WE HAVE UPDATED THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS TIMELINE.
YOU WILL SEE ON THERE THAT WE ARE PRESENTING THE APPLICATION POOL TONIGHT TO COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY THE 5TH. WE HAVE SCHEDULED THE INTERVIEWS ON FEBRUARY THE 18TH AND THEN THE FINAL DISCUSSION SELECTION IS TO BE DETERMINED. WE WILL BE -- WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT SOME SLOTS HAVE OPENED UP AND MAYBE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY TO HAVE A MEETING RIGHT AFTER WE DO THE INTERVIEWS. MAYBE ON THE 19TH OR 20TH. OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IF WE CAN DO THAT, COMMISSION, IF WE CAN DO THAT AND SCHEDULE A MEETING SHORTLY TO DO THE FINAL LIST DECISION. ALSO ANOTHER OPTION COULD BE IF YOU -- DEPENDING ON HOW MANY ARE CHOSEN FOR INTERVIEWS, WE COULD TRY TO DO IT ON THE SAME DAY. WE COULD DO IT INSTEAD OF THE 18TH, ON THE 19TH OR 20TH. THAT'S A DECISION WE ARE LOOKING TO SEEK TONIGHT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ANALYTICS -- YOU CAN READ THE TOTAL APPLICATIONS TO DATE. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 77 BUT TWO HAVE WITHDRAWN WHICH LEAVES 75. WE STILL HAVE 66 IN STATE. OUT OF
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STATE 9. WE STILL HAVE ONE INTERNAL AND THEN IF YOU FLIP TO THE SECOND PAGE YOU WILL SEE THE GEOGRAPHICS OF THE APPLICNATS THAT ARE QUALIFIED AND THEN THE ONE -- NONQUALIFIED APPLICANT THAT SELECTED THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND THEN THE ONES THAT DIDN'T COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE AND THOSE THAT DIDN'T MEAN THE QUALIFICATIONS OF 46. I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. I DON'T KNOW, SARAH IF YOU WANT ME TO ADDRESS IT NOW BUT WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON -- DEPENDING ON WHO WE PICK IF THERE HAVE OUT OF STATE TRAVEL WE WANT TO KNOW DIRECTION FROM COMMISSION HOW WE ARE GOING TO COORDINATE THAT AS FAR AS PAYMENT AND SUCH LIKE THAT. IF THAT'S WHATCOMMISSION'S DIRECTION ON THAT. >> WE CAN DISCUSS THAT IF THAT
COMES UP. HOW ABOUT THAT? >> YES.
>> YES. ANYTHING FURTHER FROM HUMAN RESOURCES? OKAY. SO YOU DO HAVE THE -- I WILL SAY BALLOTS FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE USUALLY CALL THEM THERE. ARE EIGHT SLOTS FOR YOU TO FILL IN ANYONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO USE ALL EITHER. YOU CAN USE MORE IF YOU WANT TO WRITE THEM DOWN THE SIDE. I WILL TALLY THEM UP, HOWEVER MANY NAMES YOU PUT ON THERE. AS A REMINDER, NO ONE IS GUARANTEED AN INTERVIEW. I KNOW THERE WAS ONE FOR EXAMPLE THAT WAS PULLED FROM THE NOT QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE A QUESTION AREA. A QUESTIONNAIRE. IF YOU WANT TO INCLUDE HIM YOU WOULD HAVE TO INTERVIEW THE NAME. THE INTERNAL CANDIDATE IS NOT QUARANTINED.
ANYONE YOU WANT TO INCLUDE NEEDS TO BE LISTED DON'T FORGET YOUR
NAMES ON YOUR PAPER. >> AND THERE IS NO RANKING.
>> THERE IS NO RANKING. THIS IS JUST A LIST. YOU CAN GO BY ALPHABET. THIS IS NOT A RANKING SYSTEM. IT'S NUMBERED SO THERE'S NUMBERS, MEANING EIGHT BLANK SPOTS.
>> WE'RE PASSING THEM TO YOU, RIGHT?
>>> MADAM MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, QUICK QUESTION.
JUST FOR THE RECORD, I KNOW WE PUT OUR NAMES ON TOP OF THESE SHEETS. ARE THESE SHEETS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC OR ARE YOU GOING TO LIST WHAT WE SAID BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANTS
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-- IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE TRYING TO HIDE WHO SELECTED -- I JUST.>> USUALLY READ OFF THE BALLOTS. THAT'S THE NORM.
>> YES MA'AM. MADAM MAYOR, COMMISSIONERS, BOTH OF THOSE ANSWERS ARE YES. THEY WILL BE READ OUT. THEY ARE PUBLIC RECORD. THE CLERK'S OFFICE WILL ACTUALLY ATTACH THEM TO THE AGENDA AFTER THE MEETING SO THEY WILL BE UP LOADED TO THE AGENDA AS WELL. SO ANYBODY CAN LOOK AT THEM.
>> AND MADAM ATTORNEY, MOST OF US KNOW THIS -- BUT SOMEONE THAT'S LISTENING THAT -- YOU KNOW DIDN'T KNOW. I WOULD
RATHER JUST SAY IT. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> NO SUCH THING AS SECRET BALLOT.
>> AT LEAST NOT FROM HERE. >> NOT FROM HERE, YES.
>> NOT TOUCHING THAT ONE. >> OKAY.
>> NOT TOUCHING THAT ONE. ITS BEEN A LONG WEEK. I'M NOT TOUCHING THAT ONE.
WE'RE ALREADY INTO FEBRUARY OF 2025.
>> THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT, RIGHT?
>> I'M NOT TOUCHING THAT. >> I'M JUST THROWING THE BAIT YOUR WAY. YOU WILL LATCH ONTO SOMETHING.
>> NOT BITING TODAY. I'M NOT. >>
I JUST SAW THE DAMAGE. HAPPENS IN FRONT OF CHUCKS A LOT. TAKES OUT THE SIGN ALL THE TIME.
>> THAT'S A TIGHT CIRCLE. >> READY?
>> YES MA'AM. MADAM MAYOR I'M SURE I WILL READ THEM IN THE WRONG ORDER ACCORDING TO HOW THE CLERK USUALLY DOES THAT. LY GO IN THE ORDER THEY EXIST IN MY HAND. PLEASE FORGIVE THAT.
COMMISSIONER BRODERICK HAS LINDA COX, RICHARD CHESS, COMMISSIONER TAYLOR HAS LISTED WILLIAM LAWRENCE, LINDA COX.
COMMISSIONER GAINES HAS LISTED RICHARD CHESS, LINDA COX.
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON HAS LISTED RICHARD CHESS, RICK -- I KNEW I WOULD DO THIS. RICK -- THERE WE GO. LET'S EDIT THAT PART OUT OF THIS VIDEO, THANK YOU. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, HOWARD BROWN, AND LINDA COX. MAYOR HUDSON HAS LISTED RICHARD CHESS, LINDA COX, WILLIAM LAWRENCE, DEREK AND ROBERT TURLIP. SO THAT IS RESULTED -- THE THOSE RECEIVING MORE -- THREE FOR MORE VOTES ARE MR. LAWRENCE, MRS. COX, MR. CHEST. THEY ALL RECEIVED FOUR OR FIVE LISTED ON THEIR SELECTIONS. RECEIVING TWO ARE MR. MINUS AND
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MR. TURLIP. RECEIVING ONE ARE MR. HILL, AND MR. BROWN.>> THE ONES THAT RECEIVED FOUR WERE CHESS, LAWRENCE AND -- AND -- COX? WAS THAT IT? I THOUGHT IT WAS FOUR NAMES.
>> I APOLOGIZE. THE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED THE THREE OR MORE?
>> CHESS, COX,. >> THAT'S WHAT I MISSED.
SO OUR DECISION THEN IS THOSE FOUR IF THERE ARE OTHERS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO MAKE A PLEA FOR NOW AS TO -- ENLARGE THAT POOL
NOW IS THE TIME TO DO THAT. >> MADAM MAYOR.
>> YES. >> MADAM ATTORNEY, HOW MANY NAMES -- HOW MANY -- BESIDES -- I KNOW WE GOT THESE FOUR. HOW MANY NAMES ARE ACTUALLY ON THE LIST?
>> 11 TOTAL, SIR. >> AND THE REASON I ASK -- THE REASON I ASK THAT QUESTION CAUSE WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO ME TODAY -- IF I DIDN'T -- THIS IS JUST MY SEAT. IF I DIDN'T SELECT SOMEONE BUT ANOTHER COMMISSIONER DID I FEEL THAT I WOULD WANT TO INTERVIEW THAT PERSON TO TRY TO SEE WHAT THE OTHER COMMISSIONER SAW THAT I MISSED OR I DIDN'T SEE THAT I MISSED OR I DIDN'T SEE BECAUSE I WAS -- WOULD HAVE A ONE ON ONE CHANCE OF INTERVIEWING THAT PERSON. SO, THAT'S -- THAT'S MY THOUGHT. I WILL GO WITH WHATEVER THE COMMISSIONER -- I WILL GO WITH WHATEVER THE COMMISSION WANTS BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE, WE CAN LOOK AT PAPERWORK BUT ALL OF US KNOW WHEN WE GET IN OUR ONE ON ONES, WHEN WE GET IN OUR ONE ON ONES, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S THE RIGHTS FIT FOR THE POSITION WE ARE TRYING TO -- WE ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AND WE DON'T HAVE 20 PEOPLE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO -- WE DON'T HAVE 20 PEOPLE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO INTERVIEW. EVEN THOUGH WE ALL LOOK -- WE GAVE FOUR PEOPLE, ONE OF THE ONES THAT COULD HAVE GOT ONE OR TWO MAY COME IN AND BLOW US ALL WAY FROM THE INTERVIEW. MY PERSONAL OPINION ON WHAT I WOULD WANTS IF ONE OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS PICKED SOMEONE THAT I -- I READ THROUGH AND I DIDN'T CHOOSE I WOULD STILL LIKE TO INTERVIEW THAT PERSON AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND SAY THIS IS WHAT THEY CAN DO. IT'S MORE WORK BUT THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION I THINK THAT I WILL MAKE IN MY TENURE SO FAR TO DATE. THAT'S WHERE I ASSISTANT.
>> MAYOR. I CAN ECHO THAT. ITS CLEAR THE FOUR NAMES. THERE WERE SOME WHO HAD TWO. K WHO ARE THOSE THAT HAD TWO VOTES? >
>> YEAH. THAT WAS THE NEXT ONE. >> BROWN, HILL, AND --
>> YEAH. >> THAT'S A TOTAL OF 11?
>> TWO DAYS WORTH OF INTERVIEWS. >> THERE ARE THREE THAT RECEIVED TWO. AND THEN THERE ARE FOUR THAT RECEIVED ONE.
MY QUESTION IS, BASED ON -- WE TALKED ABOUT -- BASED ON ALL OF THE 11 THAT ARE THERE THAT THE COMMISSIONER BROUGHT UP, WE FACING ANY THAT WOULD BE -- WE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER TRAVEL
BACK AND FORTH? >> I WOULD DEFER TO MR. IS,
ORENSEN FOR THAT. >> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, THAT SAY GREAT QUESTION AS QUICKLY AS I WAS -- I APPRECIATE YOU HAVING HER REPEAT IT BECAUSE SHE TALKED QUITE FAST. AS FAR AS I CAN TELL I KNOW THERE'S THREE OUT OF STATE. THERE'S ONE INDIVIDUAL THAT HAS BOTH A PENNSYLVANIA AND A FLORIDA ADDRESS. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE IN FLORIDA RIGHT NOW OR PENNSYLVANIA. I WILL WOULDN'T THEM THREE OUT OF STATE AND THREE IN.
>> OF THE ONES THAT GOT THE MOST VOTES ARE THOSE.
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>> YES. >> HE SAID OUT OF STATE. WE HAD
THREE? >> HAVE THREE. YES, SIR.
DID ANY GET TWO OR MORE VOTES IN.
>> ONE GOT TWO OR MORE. THEY ARE -- I BELIEVE OUT OF KANSAS.
>> OKAY. >> AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL THAT'S -- HE HAS BOTH A PENNSYLVANIA AND A FLORIDA. I DON'T KNOW FOR CERTAIN. I WILL HAVE TO REACH OUT TO HIM AND FIND OUT IF HE IS IN FLORIDA RIGHT NOW OR IN PENNSYLVANIA. I'M NOT SURE IF HE IS LIKE A SNOW BIRD TYE SITUATION OR WHAT.
>> I DON'T THINK THE DECISION TO NOT INTERVIEW SHOULD BE BASED ON LOCATION. WE CAN OBVIOUSLY MAKE THAT WORK FOR THE INTERVIEW PROCESS IF IT'S -- THE CITY PAYING FOR THAT TRAVEL, THEM PAYING FOR THAT TRAVEL OR US SCHEDULING THEIR INTERVIEW REMOTELY. WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK BUT I WOULD CAUTION NOT TO MAKE
THE DECISION JUST. >> I JUST WANT TO KNOW.
>> I JUST WANTED TO AT LEAST HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, FISCALLY CONCERNED. I -- I WAS JUST COURSE ON THE NUMBER. WE JUST HAD CANDIDATES. I CAN'T LOOK WHERE THEY WERE. I JUST LOOKED ON QUALIFICATIONS. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. THANK YOU.
>> I THINK 11 IS A LOT TO INTERVIEW. I WILL GO ALONG WITH THE WILL OF THE COMMISSION. USUALLY -- I HAVE BEEN THROUGH SEVERAL OF THESE SEARCHES, NOT FOR CITY MANAGER BUT FOR OTHER POSITIONS IN BOTH WITH THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE AND THE FIRE DISTRICT AND YOU USUALLY NARROW IT DOWN TO SOMETIMES SIX AND DO IT IN ONE DAY. HOWEVER, WE DID SAY WHAT WHEN WE STARTED OUT THAT SOMEONE FEELS STRONGLY THEY WANT TO INTERVIEW SOMEONE AND THEY INSIST THEN I WILL DO 11. I WILL DO 11. THAT'S AT LEAST TWO
DAYS. >> THAT'S A BURDEN. THAT'S A LOT. YOU KNOW THAT'S -- I UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC BEHIND IT BECAUSE THE PROCESS IS FAIRLY GENERIC WHEN YOU LOOK AT PAPERWORK INSTEAD OF ENGAGING WITH THE PEOPLE. IF THAT IS THE DESIRE OF MAJORITY OF THE COMMISSION I WILL DEFER TO THE MAJORITY HERE AS TO WHAT YOU GUYS WANT TO DO.
>> HAVE A QUESTION JUST BEFORE THAT IS. BASED ON THE TIMELINE THAT YOU JUST PRESENTED -- HOW DOES THAT TWEAK ADJUST BECAUSE I THINK IN OUR TIMELINE WE ARE ACCOUNTING FOR ONE DAY OF INTERVIEW. NOW WE ARE TALKING TWO.
>> I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE SIX INDIVIDUALS YOU CAN DO IN A DAY WHICH IS A PRETTY FULL DAY OF INTERVIEWS. YOU INTERVIEWS. IF YOU END UP WITH 11 YOU WILL HAVE TWO DAYS OF INTERVIEWS AND THEN YOU WOULD STILL HAVE TO HAVE -- YOU COULD DO IT A COUPLE OF WAYS. YOU COULD HAVE A FIRST FULL DAY OF INTERVIEWS, ANOTHER DAY THE NEXT DAY OF THE SECOND DAY OF INTERVIEWS AND THEN A -- COMMISSION MEETING THAT NIGHT WHERE YOU COULD HAVE IT THE NEXT DAY OR -- WHEN YOU WANT TO SCHEDULE IT. IT'LL BE TWO AND A
>> YES, SIR. >> JUST ADD MY TWO CENTS.
>> PLEASE. >> I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER GAINES TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE ANYONE IN THE SHORT LIST BUT 11 TO ME IS NOT A SHORT LIST. THAT'S A PRETTY LONG LIST. I THINK EVEN IF WE DID INTERVIEW 11 IS 11 IT WOULD MAKE IT HARDER TO PICK ONE OUT OF 11. I THINK WHAT WE HAVE IF THE QUESTIONNAIRES. I'M PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE FOUR TOP. THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. I THINK WE HAVE GOT CONSENSUS FROM ALL FIVE OF US THAT THESE ARE THE TOP FOUR. I THINK IF WE GOT TO MAYBE SIX IF THERE'S TWO THAT ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER HAD STRONG FEELINGS ABOUT THAT SHOULD BE ON THE LIST THEN -- I CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND GOING MORE THAN SIX.
>> THERE WERE THREE ADDITIONAL THAT RECEIVED TWO VOTES.
>> AND -- SO THAT -- IF YOU WERE TO PULL THE TWO.
>> HOW MANY GOT FOUR AND THREE? >> SEVEN TOTAL.
>> I THINK THAT'S YOUR. >> I'M SORRY. THE QUESTION WAS HOW MANY GOT THREE OR FOUR? WHO GOT THREE OR MORE? THERE WERE FOUR THAT GOT THREE OR MORE. THERE WERE THREE THAT GOT TWO
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VOTE AND THERE WERE FOUR THAT GOT ONE VOTE.>> THE TOTAL BETWEEN FOUR AND THE ONES THAT GOT TWO WERE
SEVEN. >> OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO GET AT. AND WHO ARE THOSE SEVEN?
>> THOSE SEVEN WITH TWO OR MORE VOTES TOTAL WOULD BE CHESS, COX,
LAWRENCE, MINUS, TURLIP. >> MIN US, THE OTHER TWO NAMES?
>> TURLIP AND BOTHESIS. >> ARE WE HAVING DISCUSSIONS
ABOUT INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES? >> YOU CAN.
>> YOU CAN. I THINK -- THIS IS -- WE CAN DO ANYTHING WE WANT.
>> I FOUND A COUPLE OF INTERESTING ARTICLES ABOUT MR. BOTHESIS ONLINE. HE WAS FIRED FROM THE CITY OF CLAIRMONT RECENTLY. I HAD A FEW THINGS THAT I READ THAT WERE SLIGHTLY TROUBLING. JUST THROWING THAT OUT IF ANYONE ELSE SAW THAT OR
NOT. >> I DID SEE THAT. I THOUGHT HE RESIGNED. HE WAS -- PROBABLY GOING TO BE FIRED AND HE
RESIGNED. >> VOTED TO BE FIRED.
>> IT WAS A NEWLY ELECTED COMMISSION THAT CAME IN AND -- I DID SEE THAT. THAT GAVE ME PAUSE BUT I HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN WITH
>> SO -- I WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT. WE ARE NOT GOING TO FIND A CANDIDATE THAT HAS NOT HAD -- THE RESIGNATIONS OR TERMINATION.
THAT'S THE TERM OF WHAT THIS BUSINESS BRINGS. I THINK CERTAINLY THESE SEVEN, YOU KNOW, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH AND BASED ON WHAT I'M READING I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT LEND ITSELF WHEN YOU DO SOME OF THE -- THE GOOGLING THAT SOME OF US ARE GOING TO RAISE GREAT ALARM, RIGHT? CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOR. WHEN IT COMES TO JOB PERFORMANCE AND RESIGNATIONS,/FIRED BASED ON NEWSPAPER -- I THINK WE HAVE TO WE BE A LITTLE CAROLFUL ON ALLEGATIONS MADE IN NEWSPAPERS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SHOWN AND THAT'S WHERE I HAVE SOME PAUSE AND CONCERN WITH THAT. SO, I KNOW WHEN HE STARTED THIS WE LOOKED AT KIND OF BENCHMARKING A DEGREE OF CALIBER AND THINGS WE WERE LOOKING FOR. SO, I THINK THAT -- YOU KNOW WE HAVE GOTTEN TO -- KIND OF SEVEN RIGHT NOW AND I KIND OF KNEW WHAT MY LIST WAS AND I'M -- I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THESE SEVEN. THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON I HAD BUT I CAN GO WITH THESE SEVEN. I THINK IT GIVES US A GOOD START. NOTHING SAYING THAT OUT OF THESE SEVEN WE WILL COME DOWN TO THE ONE THAT MAY O, WILL MAY NOT BE THE CANDIDATE THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH. AT LEAST THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WE ARE WILLING TO SAY YOU HAVE GIVEN US PAPER. WE HAVE READ. WE GOOGLED.
NOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A ONE ON ONE AND IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE THAT JUDGMENT BASED ON WHAT WE SEE AND FEEL DURING THAT
INTERVIEW. >> TIMING FOR SEVEN WOULD
PROBABLY BE A DAY AND A HALF? >> IT WOULD BE -- MORE THAN EIGHT HOURS WITH LUNCH AND STUFF LIKE THAT. A DAY AND A HALF WOULD BE A VERY GOOD ASSESSMENT OF HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY, YES
MA'AM. >> I THINK YOU COULD -- YOU COULD DO THAT IN ONE DAME YOU WOULD START AT 8:00 A.M. AND END THEA 5:00 P.M. WITH THE HOUR LUNCH BREAK. YOU COULD DO IT IF THAT'S -- IF YOU ALL WANTED TO BE IN ONE DAY. I WILL REMIND YOU THAT THE 18TH WE HAVE CURRENTLY BLOCKED THERE'S A CITY COMMISSION MEETING AT 5:05. IF YOU WANT TO DO THEM IN ONE DAY KEEP THAT IN MIND AND BE AWARE THAT MR. HE BE A VERY LONG DAY FOR YOU IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT ON THE 18TH. SO I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE -- COMMISSIONER BRODERICK SAID HE CAN CANCELING HIS COMMISSION SO THAT DOES FREE UP THE WEEK. IS THAT CORRECT?
>> I GUESS, YEAH. >> YOU COULD TELL ME IF I'M
>> NO THAT IT'S ON THE RECORD. >> WRITE APOLOGY NOTES TO MY
OFFICIALLY. >> I WASN'T ASKING YOU. I WAS
ASKING THESE FOLKS. >> IF YOU WANT TO DO THE 19TH OR THE 20TH OR 19TH AND 20TH OR THE 18TH. I THINK YOU ARE LOOKING AT THOSE THREE DAYS FOR HOW YOU WANT TO BREAK THIS DOWN.
>> I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS SCHEDULED ON THOSE DAYS. I'M GOING TO MAKE THIS A PRIORITY. THAT SO WHATEVER THIS COMMISSION WANTS TO DO WITH THOSE THREE DAYS AND HOW WE WANT TO DO IT
I'M -- I'M IN THERE WITH YOU. >> MADAM MAYOR, SAME HERE. AGAIN
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YOU KNOW -- LIKE I SAID I STAND BY WHAT I SAID EARLIER. QUESTION TO HR. HAS THESE CANDIDATES BEEN TOLD OF THE 18TH? THAT IT WAS POTENTIAL THAT THEY NEEDED TO COME SOMEWHERE DURING THAT WEEK? HAVE THEY BEEN TOLD? WE GOT THESE SEVEN. THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING. WE MAKE A CALL TOMORROW AND SOMEONE SAYS THEY CAN'T COME ON THE 18TH SO THEN THAT -- GETS A LITTLE -- A DAY GETS A LITTLE SHORTER. I'M JUST CURIOUS THAT WE GIVE THEM HEADS UP THAT THEY HAVE TO BE HERE ON THE 18TH.>> OTHER THAN WE HAVE POSTED ALL LONG THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES AND THE TENTATIVE DATES AND TALKED ABOUT THAT. IN THE -- AGENDA ITEMS WE HAVE NOT REACHED OUT TO ANY CANDIDATE AND GIVEN THEM ANY INDICATION THIS WILL BE ON THE 18TH. WE WANTED TO WAIT TO SEE WHO WILL BE THE ONES SELECTED. WE WERE GOING TO START REACHING OUT AND THEN COORDINATE THE TRAVEL FROM THAT POINT.
>> OKAY. AND MY SECOND QUESTION TO YOU AND TO THE -- TO THE COMMISSION WE ARE NOW LIVING IN A TIME OF TECHNOLOGY. SO WHERE ARE YOU GUYS FEEL ON, YOU KNOW USING TECHNOLOGY, YOU KNOW, A REMOTE INTERVIEW? A ZOOM, A TEAMS, WHATEVER, HAPPENS ALL THE TIME. WHERE ARE YOU -- STAND ON THAT?
>> IF THE CANDIDATE CAN'T MAKE AND -- I BELIEVE IN USING THE TECHNOLOGY AND DOING A TEAMS MEETING OR ZOOM OR WHATEVER.
>> YEP. >> I'M FINE WITH THAT AS LONG AS THE CANDIDATE HAS THAT OPTION AND CHOICE. AND SO THAT WOULD BE
UP TO THEM. >> YOU -- YOU ARE IN OUR OFFICE. YOU GOT YOUR LAPTOP OR YOUR COMPUTER, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO IT AND YOU ASK THE QUESTION. I'M JUST TRYING TO.
>> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. >> I'M TRYING TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY AND I'M TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, STAY IN OUR TIME FRAME. WE KIND OF KNEW GUYS THAT THE 18TH -- I REMEMBER THE 18TH AND IT WAS GOING TO BE A LONG DAY BECAUSE WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO WALK DOWN STAIRS, GOING RIGHT INTO A MEETING. THAT'S WHAT WE HAD SAID. I JUST WANT TO -- IF WE ARE GOING TO DO IT LET'S DO IT RIGHT AND LET'S -- AGAIN THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISION I THINK I'M MAKING AS A CITY COMMISSIONER DURING THIS
TENURE OF SITTING IN THIS CHAIR. >> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR
>> YOU INDICATED THAT 11 WAS NOT A SHORT LIST. WHAT'S YOUR
SENSE OF SEVEN? >> SEVEN IS STILL A LITTLE HIGH FOR ME. I THINK -- I FEEL LIKE THE MAJORITY OF US HAVE SPOKEN ON WHO THE TOP FOUR IS. THAT'S -- THAT'S THE MAJORITY OF OUR CONSENSUS AT THIS POINT. I MEAN I -- I MEAN UNLESS -- I FEEL LIKE I WOULD RATHER HEAR JUSTIFICATION OF ADDING MORE TO THE FOUR THAN JUST GOING STRAIGHT BY THE VOTES. IF THERE'S A COUPLE THAT WE ARE REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT WE WANT TO HAVE INTERVIEWED BECAUSE -- I HAD -- TWO THAT AREN'T ON THE FOUR BUT I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE FOUR THAT I HAVE. SO, BECAUSE I KIND OF RANKED THEM A LITTLE BIT.
>> I CAN TRY TO JUSTIFY THAT. I KNOW THAT -- I'M NOT HAPPY WITH JUST DOING FOUR WHEN WE HAD 11. I CAN JUST PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. SEVEN I CAN TRY TO SWALLOW. IN THOSE SEVEN THERE WERE TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT VOTED TWICE FOR TWO OF -- THESE THREE PEOPLE. THEY VOTED TWICE IT IS SIMPLE MATH GUYS. THAT MEANS THAT IF THEY LIKE THEM DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT MEAN THAT CANDIDATE HAS TO COME UP HERE AND CONVINCE ANOTHER ONE OF US TO GET THAT THIRD VOTE. IT'S -- LET'S JUST TAKE THE POLITICS OUT OF IT. WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A UNANIMOUS VOTE ON ONE OF THESE CANDIDATES BUT IF IT DOESN'T COME DOWN DO THAT IT'LL BE YOU HAVE TO GET THREE VOTES. YOU HAVE TO GET THREE VOTES. IF TWO CANDIDATES HAVE ASKED FOR THE INTERVIEW IT'S UP TO THAT CANDIDAT TO COME IN, IT'S UP TO THAT CANDIDATE TO COME INTO TRY TO CONVINCE ONE OF US TO AGREE WITH THESE TWO JUST LIKE THE ONES WE VOTED FOR THAT GOT THE FOUR VOTES, THREE OR FOUR VOTES. IT'S THEIR JOB TO COME INTO KEEP US IN THAT LIST, NOT -- NOT TO TAKE OUT, YOU KNOW OUR SELECTION AWAY. SO,ASA MUCH AS I
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WANT 11 I CAN SWALLOW -- I MEAN -- I CAN SWALLOW SEVEN BUT AGAIN, THE WAY I FEEL IS -- THE WAY I FEEL IS IF A -- IF ONE OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WROTE A NAME DOWN, WROTE A NAME DOWN, IT WAS SOMETHING THAT -- I WANTED TO TALK TO THAT PERSON IF I DIDN'T WRITE IT I WANT TO TALK TO THAT PERSON TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHY MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER WROTE THE NAME DOWN. IF WE ARE SITTING HERE AND -- THE -- THE NAMES -- THAT YOU WROTE DOWN THAT GOT ONE VOTE AND YOU SAY HEY I -- I FEEL HAPPY PULLING THAT NAME THEN YOU KNOW, I WILL SIT BACK AND I WILL SIT BACK AND GET OFF MY 11 HORSE BUT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL THEN I'M JUST BEING HONEST WITH YOU. UNTIL THEN I THINK -- I THINK I OWE IT TO -- I OWE IT TO THE RESIDENT S OF THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE TO INTERVIEW THE NAMES ON THE LIST. THAT'S JUST ME. I COULD BE OUT BY MYSELF. THAT'S JUST ME. AND SOMETHING THAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE -- COMMISSIONER JOHNSON BROUGHT IT UP, COMMISSIONER TAYLOR ABOUT ANY NEGATIVE STUFF YOU SEE IN THE NEWSPAPER OR ANY GOOGLE SEARCH THAT WE HAVE DONE. THE WAY I PLAN ON HANDLING THAT IS SOON AS THEY SAY HELLO MY NAME IS SO AND SO-I'M JUST BEING HONEST WITH YOU. HEY HOW YOU DOING, I'M COMMISSIONER GAINES. EXPLAIN THIS TO ME RIGHT HERE. WHAT IS GOING ON AND YOU CAN TELL WHEN YOU ASK THAT QUESTION AND YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE YOU -- WE ALL -- WE NOT TEENAGERS. WE KNOW WHEN SOMEONE TRYING TO BEAT AROUND THE BUSH. YOU CAN TELL. THAT'S HOW I PLAN ON DOING T I'M JUST POINT BLANK IN MY OFFICE OR LOOKINGA THE THAT SCREEN AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT IT IS. SO, THAT'S -- I'M JUST SAILING THAT'S HOW I WOULD DO IT. SO, SINCE YOU -- SINCE YOU -- SINCE YOU HAVE THAT PAPERWORK GO HEAD AND PASS IT AROUND IF YOU DON'T WANT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. GIVE IT TO SARAH AND SHE GIVE IT TO ME. I GUESS I ASK THE QUESTION.>> I 100% RESPECT THAT. I THINK THAT MAYBE I'M A LITTLE MORE HEARTLESS WHEN IT COMES TO -- MY SHORT LIST. I -- I'M LOOKING FOR SOMEONE THAT'S -- LIKE I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING NEGATIVE ONLINE. RESIGNATIONS AND ALL THAT OF COURSE HAPPENS. I'M -- LOOKING AT THINKING ABOUT THE RESIDENTS OF FORT PIERCE. IF THEY GAG EXAMPLE THERE'S ISSUES SHOWING UP -- I DON'T WANT THAT HEAT. I DON'T THINK THE CITY CAN STAND THAT HEAT. I THINK WE -- WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH BRUCES AND I THINK IT'S -- I MADE MY SHORT LIST AND, YOU KNOW THERE'S -- THE COUPLE THAT DID HAVE ISSUES THAT I FOUND IN GOOGLE. THEIR QUALIFICATIONS AND RESUME DIDN'T OUT WEIGH WHAT THEY SAW. IT REFLECTED IN MY SHORT LIST BECAUSE I JUST -- I THINK WE -- WE OWE IT TO THE RESIDENTS TO START WITH A CLEAN LIST AND A CLEAN GROUP OF PEOPLE AND A CLEAN SHORT LIST WITH NO PRIOR BAGGAGE, NO PRIOR ISSUES AND I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE CITY FOR THAT AND -- I'M HAPPY. I'M HAPPY WITH THAT FOUR. I'M HAPPY WITH SEVEN IF THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AT. I DON'T LIKE IT BUT I WILL DO IT.
>> THAT'S DEMOCRACY, RIGHT? >> RIGHT.
>> WANT YOU TO KNOW I DON'T LIKE IT.
>> I'M IN THE SAME CAMP WITH COMMISSIONER TAYLOR ON THIS.
I'M NOT IN LOVE WITH IT BUT I WILL GO ALONG WITH IT.
>> THINK SEVEN IS A LOT BUT -- I THINK -- IF THERE ARE -- I THINK THE SENTIMENT OF THIS GROUP WAS THAT WE WERE GOING TO HONOR THAT AND I THINK THAT'S -- I THINK SEVEN IS A NICE COMPROMISE. I THINK 11 IS REALLY -- IS A BIT -- IS -- OVER THE TOP.
>> DID ANY CANDIDATE GET FIVE? >> YES.
>> A COUPLE D. >> IT WAS -- MR. SCRAPCHANKI AND
MISS COX RECEIVED FIVE. >> OKAY.
>> SO UNLESS THERE'S SEEMS TO ME LIKE IF -- ALL OF US ARE HAPPY BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE SETTLED ON SEVEN. SO NOW WE HAVE
TO WORK OUT A PROCESS. >> I THINK WE JUST STARTED NOT BEING HAPPY WITH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
>> WE WILL BE REALLY UNHAPPY AFTER SEVEN.
>> THE 18TH WILL BE -- IT'LL BE A LONG DAY.
>> AND I THINK THAT -- WHAT WE ALSO NEED IS IF WE ARE DOING THE SEVEN DO WE FURTHER SHORT LIST FROM THERE AND HAVE ANOTHER
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INTERVIEW ROUND? DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC INTERVIEW? I'M NOT ADVOCATING FOR PUBLIC INTERVIEW BUT GOING FROM SEVEN TO ONE IS STILL -- I THINK GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE WITH FIVE OF US.>> I'M -- I'M NOT FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF INTERVIEWS AND I'M -- I THINK WE ARE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO DUKE IT OUT.
>> SO IS THE -- EVENTUALLY WILL ASK FOR A MOTION BUT IS THE CONSENSUS TO HAVE THE INTERVIEWS ALL ON ONE DAY?
>> I WANT TO GET IT OVER WITH.
>> THE ONE DAY OF PUSHING IN TO THE MEETING THAT NIGHT IS A CHALLENGE, RIGHT? SEVEN TO GET INTO THE --
>> YOU WOULD HAVE TO FINISH YOUR LAST INTERVIEW AND COME STRAIGHT DOWN TO -- WELL, I APOLOGIZE. WE ARE -- WHAT HR HAS INDICATED IS BASICALLY 45 MINUTE INTERVIEWS. IT KIND OF IS A 15 MINUTE BUFFER IN BETWEEN. IF YOUR LAST INTERVIEW ENDS AT 4:45 YOU WILL HAVE 20 MINUTES -- OR 20 MINUTES TO GET DOWN TO CHAMBERS FOR YOUR
5:05 MEETING ON THE 18TH. NOW. >> ALL IN ONE DAY? AND THEN HAVING THE NEXT DAY HAVE THE MEETING IN TERMS OF THE
CHOOSING. IS THAT RIGHT? >> YES.
>> THAT NIGHT WE HAVE A MEETING BUT WE DON'T WANT TO MIX THE CITY MANAGER CHOICE WITH OUR REGULAR BUSINESS.
>> WE RECOMMEND KEEPING IT SEPARATE.
>> RIGHT. RIGHT. WHAT THE THE FEELING OF THE COMMISSION? YOU WANT TO DO IT ALL IN ONE DAY OR WANT TO --
>> IF YOU BREAK IT UP INTO TWO DAYS THERE'S FIVE OF YOU. SO, EVEN IF IT'S ONE PERSON THAT YOU ARE HAVING TO KICK TO THE NEXT DAY YOU ARE STILL HERE FOR -- I GUESS ONCE YOU FINISH YOURS YOU COULD LEAVE. WE COULD KIND OF -- SCHEDULE YOU ALL TO COME IN FOR YOUR INTERVIEW WITH THAT PERSON.
>> IT WOULD HAVE TO BE. WE WOULD HAVE TO -- I'M -- I'M OKAY WITH PUSHING ALL ON ONE DAY. I THINK THAT WE ALL WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WAS GOING TO BE ONE HECK OF A DAY.
>> RIGHT NOW THE QUESTION IS DO WE -- WE SPLIT IT UP WITH TWO DAY IS COME BACK ON THE 20TH FOR A SPECIAL MEETING TO TALK ABOUT
THE INTERVIEWS, CORRECT? >> IF WE DID DID OFFICER TWO
DAYS YOU COULD DO IT THAT NIGHT? >> THE IS THETH.
>> YES. >> YEAH. WE COULD DO IT THAT WAY OR WE COULD DO IT TWO DAYS AND THEN COME THE 20TH. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE I HEARD WHAT THEY WAS HEARING. WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW.
>> WHAT? >> I HAVE A LOT OF COMMISSION -- LIKE -- CITY MEETINGS ON THE 19TH.
>> I HAVE A LOT OF STUFF ON THE 18TH AND 19TH THAT WILL HAVE TO
GO OUT THE WINDOW. >> SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD MOVE IT TO 4:00 AND JUST DO IT IN ONE DAY.
>> THAT SOLVES A LOT OF PROBLEMS.
>> I THINK BASED ON THE MATH I THINK THERE WAS STILL A COUPLE THAT -- I SAW SIX. I DIDN'T -- I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT TO
SEVEN. TWO PEOPLE GOT TWO VOTES. >> THREE PEOPLE GOT TWO VOTES.
>> THREE GOT TWO? MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I MISSED THEN. OKAY.
>> I THINK I MISSED ONE OF THE TWO VOTES AT FIRST. IT WAS THREE THAT GOT TWO. I DOUBLE CHECKED MYSELF OVER HERE AND PROBABLY
TRIPLE CHECKED. >> MIN US TURLIP AND -- GOT TWO.
>> I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE A LUNCH BREAK.
DON'T KNOW IF YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. THE FULL DAY.
>> THAT'S -- IT'S A -- IT'S A FULL DAY. IT'S AN 8 TO 5 PLUS THE MEETING IF YOU DO THAT ON THE 18TH.
>> SPREAD IT OVER TWO DAYS. >> KILLING US.
>> HAVE TO DO TWO DAYS TO MEET ON THE -- ON THE SECOND DAY.
>> WE WILL HAVE TO REARRANGE THE MEETINGS ON THE 19TH.
>> SO 18ST AND 19TH AND A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 19TH?
>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME. >> I'M OKAY WITH IT.
>> IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THE CONSENSUS CORRECTLY IT'LL BE INTERVIEWS OF CHESS, COX, LAWRENCE ON THE 18TH AND 19TH, STAFF WILL WORK TO SPLIT THAT UP. AND A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 19TH IS THE PLEASURE STILL AT 5:05. THAT. WOULD BE PERFECT.
>> AND THEN IF I ALSO UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY WE WILL BE DOING THE INTERVIEWS IN PERSON REQUEST THEM RESPONSILE FOR THEIR
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TRAVEL. IF THEY AREN'T ABLE TO TRAVEL OR DON'T WANT TO TRAVELWE WILL DO THEM REMOTELY. >> SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
>> YEP. GOOD WITH THAT. >> IS THERE A MOTION TO THAT
EFFECT? >> SO ARE WE GOING TO -- TALK ABOUT SPECIFIC TIMES OR -- ESPECIALLY FOR THE SECOND DAY WE WOULD BE SCHEDULING IT FOR A BASICALLY 8:30 OR 9:00 OR
WHATEVER? THE MORNING OR WHAT? >> WE CAN IF YOU WANT TO -- SO,
WHAT I WOULD -- >> FIRST DAY WITH WE WILL TRY TO
GET THE MOST DONE. FIVE. >> THAT IS -- WE SPLIT IT FOUR AND THREE, FIVE AND TWO. HOWEVER YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPLIT. THEN MORNING OR AFTERNOON. WHATEVER YOU PREFER.
>> AS LONG AS WE GET A LUNCH BREAK-IN.
>> I NEED A LITTLE TIME FOR MYSELF. HOWEVER; WHATEVER WORKS.
>> YOU WANT TO DO FOUR AND THREE? OR FIVE AND TWO?
>> FIVE AND TWO FOR ME. >> YEAH.
>> FIVE AND TWO. >> FEEL LIKE FIVE AND TWO.
>> FIVE AND TWO. >> EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT?
OKAY. >> YOU REALLY JUST LIKE FOUR
>> DO YOU MIND BEFORE WE GO TO A MOTION YOU CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT I HAVE CAPTURED EVERYTHING DOWN CORRECTLY.
>> PLEASE. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
>> WE WILL SET INTERVIEWS FOR THE 18TH AND 19TH. WE WILL DO FIVE IN ONE DAY AND TWO ON THE NEXT DAY. THEN WE WILL HAVE ON THE 19TH A SPECIAL EVENING MEETING AT 5:05 TO DISCUSS THE DECISION OF HOW COMMISSION WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD. THE INTERVIEWS ARE GOING TO BE IN PERSON. THE APPLICATIONS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN TRAVEL TO GET HERE. IF THEY AREN'T ABLE TO TRAVEL TO GET HERE THERE IS AN OPTION THEY CAN DO A TEAMS MEETING OR ONLINE MEETING. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I
MISSED IN. >> JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT WE WILL TRY TO DO THE SECOND DAY IN THE MORNING OF THE INTERVIEWS.
EVERYBODY GOD WITH THAT? >> YEP. YEP.
>> I'M GOOD WITH THAT. >> ON THE FIRST DAY IT'S OKAY TO
START IN THE MORNING TO? >> YEAH AND GO.
>> RIGHT. >> THANK YOU. SORRY.
>> OKAY. SO, NOW I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WHAT HE SAID. WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION?
>> MADAM MAYOR I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT PROCESS THAT'S JUST BEEN OUTLAID BY OUR HR DIRECTOR THAT WE WILL DO FIVE ON THE 18TH, TWO ON THE 19TH, STARTING IN THE MORNING AND THEN WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON THE 19TH AND IF CANDIDATES CANNOT APPEAR IN PERSON THEY CAN HAVE THE OPTION TO APPEAR BY TELE COMMUNICATION PROCESS FOR THE INTERVIEW PROCESS. CITY MANAGER.
>> AND DOES THE POINT OF CLARITY IS THAT FOR THE SEVEN --
>> ON THOSE SAID NAMES. SEVEN NAMES. YES.
>> IS THERE A SECOND? >> I WILL SECOND THAT.
>> OKAY. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE. > COMMISSINER GAINES.
>> COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. >> COMMISSIONER TAYLOR.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER BUSINESS? ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED
TO TAKE CARE OF? >> I BELIEVE THAT COVERS EVERYTHING WE HAD FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM SO I WILL DEFER TO
MADAM CLERK AND TO MADAM MAYOR. >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE COMMENT THAT SO WE HAVE IT ON THE RECORD THAT IF A CANDIDATE IN THE SEVEN THAT WAS VOTED FOR DOES NOT APPEAR BY -- I MEAN DOES NOT APPEAR LIVE THAT WILL NOT BE USED AGAINST THEM IN YOUR FINAL DECISION BECAUSE THEY -- YOU KNOW THEY ARE COMING TO GIVE THE INTERVIEW SO IF THEY CAN'T MAKE IT AND THEY COME AND APPEAR BY -- YOU KNOW ANY TYPE OF NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT WE DON'T USE THAT AGAINST THEM FOR NOT COMING TO THE CITY TO GIVE AN INTERVIEW.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE TO THAT. I WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN CONSIDERED IT BUT I'M GLAD YOU PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
>> I DIDN'T SAY IT FOR US. I DIDN'T SAY IT FOR US. YOU KNOW
WHAT WE ARE DEALING WITH. >> CORRECT.
>> ON THE OTHER SIDE. >> YEAH.
>> GOOD POINT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE RECORD? ALL RIGHT. SO, WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN AND BE EXITING THE CHAMBERS AND TURNING OUT THE LIGHTS. IF YOU WANT TO TALK TO ANYONE IN THE CHAMBERS YOU CAN TALK TO THEM OUTSIDE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.